Improvement in claws foe deawing nails



J.'S; ALLEN & O. GILLM'ORE.

CLAW FOR DRAWING NAILS;

Patented May 14, 1867.

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JOSEPH S.- ALLEN AND OGDEN GILLMOR, OF NORWICH, CONNECTICUT I LettersPatent No. 64,733, dated May 14, 1867.-

IMPROVEMENT IN GLAWS FOR DRAWING NAILS.-

TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it knownthat we,JOSEPH S; ALLEN and OGDEN Gunmen, both of Norwich, inthe county-of New London, and State of Connecticut, have invented a newand useful Improvement in Implements for Drawing Nails; and we do herebydeclare that the following is a full,'clear, and exact description ofthe same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making aportion of this specification, in which- -Figure 1 is a side view,showing the implement as applied to a nail preparatory to drawing orpulling the same.

Figure 2 iso side view, showing the implement as employed in drawing thenail;

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in bothfigures.

' This invention consists in the combination of a pivoted fulcrum-piecewith two griping jaws, formed upon suitable pivoted levers or handles,whereby the implement may be very conveniently operated to firinly'graspa nail or spike, as the case may be, and draw the same from the wood orother material into which it is driven or embedded.

To enable others to understand the nature and construction of ourinvention, we will proceed to describe it with reference to thedrawings.

A and B represent two levers or handles, the ends of which are pivotedtogether by a transverse pin or pivot, a, and upon the extremity of eachof which is formed-a griping jaw, as shown at b, the lowcr extrcmities bof the said jaws being curved inward and made moderately sharp. Inasmuchas the lever A is situated at one side of the lever B, for the purposeof enhancing the simplicity of construction, and consequent cheapness ofthe-implement, the jaw 11 of'the said lever is formed laterally thereon,in order that it may be placed in proper position opposite thecorresponding jaw of the otherlever B. hat part which operates as theFulcrum of the implement during the operation of the same in drawingnails, is shown at O, and consists of a piece of metal looped or bentinto such shape that, while the greater portion thereof extends and issituated below the said levers, as'represented in the drawings, the twoends thereof will be situated one upon each'side of the levers, andpivoted upon the outer or laterally projecting ends of the pivot a, sothat the said fulcrum-piece may be turned upon the said pivot, with itslower end at a greater or less distance from the sharp or gripingextremities of the jaws b, as may be desired.

In using the implement, the said extremities of the griping jaws b areplaced upon opposite sides of the upper end or portion of the nail,(which in the drawings is shown in red outline,) as represented in fig.1, and the lower end of the fulcrum-piece C is pushed toward theaforesaid jaws 6 until it is brought to the proper or desired distancetherefrom, the said fulcrum picce resting upon the board or materialfrom which the nail is to be withdrawn. This being done, the two loversor handles are pressed together, which of course causes the extremitiesof the griping jaws b to bite into and firmly grasp the nail betweenthem, whereupon the said levers are forced downward, thus elevating thejaws Z and drawing the nail from the wood or material in which it isembedded; the close or immediate proximity of the fulcrum-piece, uponwhich the lovers are turned in thus drawing the nail, enabling a verygreat leverage to be exerted upon the said nail, and in consequenceenabling the same to be withdrawn by the exertion of a comparativelymoderate degree of force.

What we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-- Thecombination of the pivoted fulcrum-piece C with the griping jaws formedupon the two lovers A B,

substantially as herein set forth, for the purpose specified.

JOSEPH S. ALLEN,

OGDEN GILLMOR.

Witnesses:

' Jenn HARRIS,

GEO. W. GrLLsY.

